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Uploaded: 07/31/13 12:16 AM GMT
Hawkeye
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This baby Red Shoulder Hawk was my guest for a long weekend. I found him on the ground, well back in the woods. He let me check his wings and legs for damage without incident. Couldn't find any damage and took him home and made a nest for him in a large box. I fed him night crawlers and raw beef, and his table manners were atrocious. Being a holiday weekend, it was Tuesday before I located a place that knew what to do, and promptly took him back to where I found him.Long story short, he was gone when I went back later, but I found him a few days later, making short flights from one tree to another with his parents circling above.

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::tigger3
07/31/13 12:22 AM GMT
What a unique story, and I'm so glad that he ended up doing okay, and that his parents were still there. The animal lover in you came out that day, I really enjoyed the story Doug. I have never seen a baby hawk, so darn cute, and lots of detail in this one.
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::Ramad
07/31/13 12:42 AM GMT
Apparently fallen off the tree or on his first flight. Nice and sharp shot Doug. You were lucky that the parents were not there when you took him.
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::danika
07/31/13 2:26 PM GMT
A sweet story & I'm glad the baby hawk was fine. Sounds like he was very hungry while in your care. Love the focus on his big eyes. Wonderful capture & story, Doug.
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I LOVE LABS!!!
.Starglow
07/31/13 5:37 PM GMT
Terrific capture, nice that he found his parents and that you took such good care of him. Lovely story.
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::trixxie17
07/31/13 7:47 PM GMT
Wow - really up close and personal here Doug - great story and a unique capture.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
.0930_23
07/31/13 11:11 PM GMT
What a great deed you did, Doug. I guess your nickname should be Hawkeye. Wonderful shot.

TicK

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.picardroe
07/31/13 11:51 PM GMT
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT DOUG.
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::CDHale
08/01/13 12:44 AM GMT
Wow, Doug! This is great, what a face. If nothing else he might have learned some table manners while in your fine care.
-Christie
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::jeenie11
08/01/13 10:14 PM GMT
Great shot and a heartwarming story.
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.icedancer
08/02/13 12:59 AM GMT
Wow what a fabulous story and you're so lucky to have spied him and checked him out. You're such a good Samaritan and so happy to hear you saw him a few days later.

Gorgeous capture Doug, what beautiful eyes
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Have a Beautiful Bright Day, Skates
.Marzena
08/08/13 12:49 AM GMT
I was reading your story to get to the end asap !!
Good - happy end ! ooohhh...ooofff.
Lovely creature.
BTW you do not happen to have any pics of his family probably..?
SAM & SAAB
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.Eubeen
08/13/13 5:41 AM GMT
A good close up on the hawk Doug. Nice textures in the feathers and bokeh in the background.
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